some people think it similiar on original story,
well for me it similiar but at same time it still got some new fresh story, like Gerald is already cunning prince, unlike the original where he less cunning, Alan not that close and still wary to bakarina, so far Bakarina only getting close the heroine and mob characters, she didn't getting close to any Capture targets yet. and possiblity of more new characters that gonna come out makes this alternate story become interesting...
the similiarty is just bakarina, well she's Bakarina after all ....